Modeling the Cost-Effectiveness of Doula Care Associated with Reductions in Preterm Birth and Cesarean Delivery

Birth

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 20-27

  Kozhimannil, Katy B ^a   Hardeman, Rachel R ^b   Alarid Escudero, Fernando ^a   Vogelsang, Carrie A ^a   Blauer Peterson, Cori ^a   Howell, Elizabeth A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Doula; Medicaid; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOULA; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOULAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAID; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958647453     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/birt.12218     Document Type: Article

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